Azar Automotive
1620 North & South, Vinita Park, MO 63130 314.426.2323

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Gasoline Direct Injection

{{ image('MzU0') }} Question:My new car has a “GDI” engine. What does that mean to me and other Vinita Park vehicles with this new type of engine?Azar Automotive Answer:GDI stands for Gas...
Published on: May 14, 2023

E85 Fuel Safety For Vinita Park Drivers

This automotive safety warning is coming from a very unusual source: fire fighting experts. You’ve probably heard of E-85 gasoline.  Some newer vehicle models are specifically built to run ...
Published on: May 19, 2022

Forced Induction

{{ image('MzU0') }} Most Vinita Park residents associate turbochargers and superchargers with hot rods and racing. However, the number of everyday cars and trucks coming to Vinita Park from the ...
Published on: May 05, 2022

Time To Take Another Look at Diesels

{{ image('MzU1') }} If you haven't looked into diesel engines lately, you may be interested in today's post. Why should you care about modern diesel engines? Fuel efficiency, for starters. Because di...
Published on: Feb 26, 2022

Minimizing Blind Spots In Vinita Park For Safer Driving

When we Vinita Park travel around MO, each of us must deal with blind spots. We can greatly reduce our blind spots by properly adjusting our vehicle mirrors to give the widest coverage possible. We sh...
Published on: Nov 14, 2021

Azar Automotive Service to Improve Fuel Economy

Let’s review some things that Vinita Park drivers can do to improve fuel economy. Bottom line,  the better you maintain your vehicle, the less fuel you will use. It all adds up in a bi...
Published on: Dec 08, 2019

Your Nose Knows Gasoline

Each time we fuel up our vehicles, we get a little whiff of gasoline, so the smell is very familiar. There shouldn’t be any gasoline smell in or around your vehicle when you are away from the ga...
Published on: Nov 19, 2019

Fuel Saving Tip: Fuel System Cleaning at Azar Automotive in Vinita Park

A lot of gas is wasted in dirty fuel delivery systems.  Let’s start at the tank.  The gas tank gathers of dirt, rust and sediment over the years.  That’s why there’s a...
Published on: Jul 18, 2019